About Scribd, Inc.Scribd, Inc. is on a mission to advance human understanding. Our four products — Scribd®, Slideshare®, Everand™, and Fable — help billions of people across the globe move beyond access and into insight, application, and expertise.We support a culture where our employees can be real and be bold; where we debate and commit as we embrace plot twists; and where every employee is empowered to take action as we prioritize the customer.Scribd Flex empowers employees to choose the workstyle and location that support their best performance, while committing to intentional in-person moments that strengthen collaboration and culture. Occasional in-person attendance is required for all Scribd, Inc. employees, regardless of location.We hire for “GRIT,” defined as the intersection of passion and perseverance toward long-term goals—setting and achieving Goals, delivering Results within your role, contributing Innovative ideas and solutions, and strengthening the broader Team through collaboration and attitude.About the teamThe Developer Tooling team empowers Scribd engineers across the entire software development lifecycle. They build and evolve the tools, frameworks, and platforms that power engineering workflows—from modernizing infrastructure and optimizing build and deployment processes to pioneering agentic engineering capabilities that let AI agents collaborate alongside developers. Their work delivers broad, measurable impact by boosting productivity and elevating the developer experience company-wide.About the roleThis is a foundational Staff-level hire that will shape how Scribd builds software in an AI-first world.You will set the technical direction for the agentic engineering platform, defining how hundreds of engineers work alongside coding agents to write, review, and ship code across the stack. You will evolve the development environment so AI agents become true collaborators alongside humans, partner with senior leaders to define the agentic engineering strategy, and raise the technical bar beyond your immediate team.What you will doSet the technical direction for AI-assisted and agentic development at Scribd. Define the architecture, patterns, and guardrails that let engineers and coding agents collaborate safely and effectively across the codebase, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure.Design and evolve the architecture of Scribd's internal tools, libraries, components, and utilities, setting standards that engineers across the organization rely on daily.Drive company-wide initiatives in partnership with engineering leadership. Scope ambiguous, cross-org problems and own them end-to-end.Be a force multiplier: mentor senior and staff engineers, serve as an internal expert and coach to teams adopting AI in their workflows, and evangelize new capabilities across the engineering org.We're looking for8+ years of experience in software engineering.Hands-on experience applying AI to real software development problems, including shipping, measuring, or meaningfully contributing to AI-assisted or agentic developer tooling in production, and staying current as the landscape evolves.Demonstrated Staff-level impact: influencing technical direction well beyond your immediate team, mentoring senior engineers, translating complex technical ideas into clear narratives, and raising the engineering bar for the organizations you've been part of.Proficiency in one or more of the following languages: Go (Golang), Ruby, TypeScript, or Python.Bonus pointsSignificant time spent in developer experience, platform engineering, or infrastructure engineering.Deep familiarity with AWS and Terraform in production environments at meaningful scale.Experience operating containerized workloads on Kubernetes in production.Benefits at Scribd, Inc.Scribd Flex (flexible work model)Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverageMental health support and disability coverageGenerous paid time off, including vacation, sick time, holidays, winter break, volunteer time, and sabbaticalsPaid parental leave and family support benefitsRetirement matching and employee equityLearning and development programs and professional growth opportunitiesWellness and home office stipendsComplimentary access to the Scribd, Inc. suite of productsEnterprise access to leading AI toolsCompensation (base pay range)At Scribd, Inc., base pay is determined within a range based on local cost of labor benchmarks for each role, level, and geographic location. In the United States outside of California, the reasonably expected salary range is between $145,000 and $261,500 (yearly). This position is also eligible for competitive equity ownership and a comprehensive and generous benefits package.
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